Dennis-Keaney-Obituary

Father Dennis P. Keaney

Dorchester, Massachusetts

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Of El Dorado Hills, CA and Dorchester, MA, Father Dennis P., a native of Glen Farne, Co. Leitrim, Ireland. Beloved son of Mary (Mawn) and the late Patrick Keaney. Brother of Lawrence J. and Bridget McDermott, both of Dorchester, James N. and Mary Lucek, both of Milton and Thomas J. of Walpole,...

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Larry,
So sorry to hear about the death of your brother.
The D'Agostino and Kearns Families

Fr. Keaney touched the hearts of our family members beyond what words can express. He will be truly missed especially at the reunion in Ireland this summer. We send loving thoughts and prayers to his family.

Annie Maguire, Margaret and Breege and families wish to express our deepest sympathy to Fr. Denis's mother Mary and all his brothers and sisters on his death. We will miss him each summer coming to Glenfarne.

Our sincere sympathies to the friends and famiy of Fr. Denis. Only knew him from a picture of the Iowa Keaney reunion and the words of those who met hi there. May he watch over us all as we travel to Leitrim for the reunion of 2002. His liturgy will have to be said from ABOVE!

Our Deepest Sympathy to the family of Fr. Denis Keaney. He was such a "Special" person to us all. We had the pleasure of meeting him at our 1st Keaney Reunion in Iowa.
Barbara & Les

With sincere sympathy from the Gilgunn family, we will greatly miss his visits to Glenfarne each summer.

Wednesday, January 2, 2002 – The Sacramento Bee
Longtime chaplain at Folsom dies at 67
The Rev. Denis Keaney worked with inmates and staff for a quarter-century

By Steve Gibson
• BEE STAFF WRITER

The Rev. Denis Keaney, 67, who was Roman Catholic chaplain at Folsom Prison for a quarter of a century, died of cancer Sunday while visiting his family in Boston.
"He was everybody's favorite," said W.J. Estelle Jr., a former associate warden at the prison....

We are saddened to hear of Father Denis Keaney's death and our deepest condolonces to his family.

One of the stories he has told us in the past was that his parents were so poor that they could only afford one "n" in his first name. So he will forever be known to us as Father Denis.

Respectfully submitted,
The Sacramento Keaney's Stanley, Marilyn, Robert and Michael.